Now, even though it costs more, Spider Jack does have some advantages over Om Nom’s game. Hopefully MaxNick and EA lower its price soon. Spider Jack rings up at $2.99, making it a worse value. Perhaps more significantly than the difference in content, Cut the Rope costs only 99 cents, the same as the iOS version. Considering the huge number of levels, this one also packs more varied stage design and hazards. That makes it literally more than twice as long as Spider Jack, should you wish to continue playing after grabbing all the Achievements. Most obviously, it packs 11 sets of 25 levels for a total of 275 levels (out of the iOS version’s 300). Final comparisonĬut the Rope, being a huge selling and well-established iOS hit, as several advantages over Spider Jack. It takes less than three hours, according to Arsenic17’s Achievement Guide. As such, Achievement-minded players can get the full GamerScore without truly finishing the game. In fact, 300 stars unlocks the fifth or sixth batch of levels out of a whopping 11 sets. The difference is you can get 300 stars about halfway through the game rather than near the end of it. That gives players a nice deal of breathing room for grabbing the full 200 GamerScore, which this Achievement Guide underestimates a bit as taking two hours.Ĭut the Rope also has an Achievement for scoring 300 stars. Originally that meant perfecting every level, but updates have added new levels and something like 100 more stars since then. The bulk of Spider Jack’s Xbox Achievements revolve around collecting 300 stars during gameplay. Funny how Cut the Rope’s closest competitor stars a spider, isn’t it? Achievement Comparison They climb along the rope towards the candy cutting the line thwarts the assault. Also, many stages have spiders for enemies. You’ll have to combine them before the picky little Om Nom will eat them. In the Valentine Box levels, the candy starts out in two pieces. By rotating the wheel, players can adjust the line’s slack.Ĭut the Rope has plenty of hazards and level-specific features worth mentioning, but I’ll just touch on a few. Another type of object for controlling ropes is the spinnable wheel. Unfortunately, the game sometimes misinterprets which action you’re trying to perform: cut the rope or slide the hook. Sliding these hooks allows you to reposition the candy at will you’ll even need to slide it quickly in order to slip the candy between tight spaces. On top of stationary anchor points, the candy can attach to movable blue hooks. The catch is it only attaches to each object once cut the line and it won’t reattach to that same item. Though you can’t directly make new ropes for falling candy, said treat will automatically attach a new rope to certain objects within its range. Also, if any of the ropes are pulled tightly enough to appear red, cutting that rope will launch the candy in the opposite direction at high speed. The trick is to get the candy swinging in the right direction by releasing the ropes’ tension. When that happens, you can cut a single one or slice them simultaneously using two fingers. I said levels have at least one rope, but in many cases the candy is attached to multiple ropes. To compare with Spider Jack, the candy is like the spider in that game, except you can’t directly make new ropes for it. By cutting the rope, the candy falls, hopefully into Om Nom’s waiting mouth. Instead, every level features a piece of candy attached to at least one rope. In Cut the Rope, players don’t control Om Nom at all. The WP7 game actually links to the first YouTube video pull down the chord on the title screen to see it. These delightful shorts combine live action with hand-drawn animation of Om Nom. Cut the Rope, however has spun off a series of YouTube videos called Om Nom Stories. Note that neither of these games have an actual ending nor midgame cinematics, which I find slightly disappointing given the adorableness of the characters. As his caretaker, you’ll have to give it to him. An alien after my own heart, Om Nom absolutely loves eating candy. One day he mysteriously arrives on the player’s doorstep along with feeding instructions. Like Spider Jack, Cut the Rope starts out with a short introduction that introduces its protagonist, Om Nom (named after the sounds of eating).
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